Grimey’s Records Saved From Sale: A popular Nashville record store was not forced relocate after it became public last week that the building which houses Grimey’s New and Preloved Music is up for sale. Grimey’s is located at 1604 8th Avenue South inside of a nearly century old building. The owner is trying to sell the record store’s home for more than $3 million, but the sale comes with a stipulation, any current tenants, including Grimey’s must stay. “It’s a big relief to me that we’re not facing an eminent need to move the business,” Grimey’s co-owner Doyle Davis said on Thursday.
The definitive guide to Amsterdam’s Best Record Shops: Far too often, the real Amsterdam gets overshadowed by its seedy reputation. In recent years the government has tried to reclaim the Red Light District, also the oldest part of town, by encouraging local businesses to enter the area. Run out of former prostitution windows, Red Light Radio and Vintage Voodoo are two relatively new record shops helping to inject culture into the strip.
Second Earth: Exciting plans to bring record shop back to Aylesbury: Remember record shops? Isn’t that a sad thing to say. Remember Earth Records? Well, a pioneering duo have set up a campaign to bring a dedicated record store back to Aylesbury, but to do it they will need your help. Second Earth Records is a project set up by Dan Gregory and Colin Steele. It will launch as a Market Square stall on March 26, but the pair hope that supporters might be able to help them get a permanent home.
London vinyl bar lets you play records on Martin Hannett’s soundsystem: A new bar in London called Behind This Wall allows guests to play vinyl and they have not skimped on the setup. The bar recently acquired Martin Hannett’s 1970s Tannoy Gold soundsystem. You can see photos of it (alongside a Technics turntable and a rotary mixer)…
Photo Gallery: Vinyl records galore at The Analog Assembly: The resurgence in popularity for vinyl records has been absolutely unprecedented. While the rise in sales were initially attributed to hype and a culture with fondness for all things “vintage”, the vinyl buying populace has not wavered and even increased last year. It’s safe to say that not everyone’s in it for the format’s supposed gold standard in sound quality, but the variation in record colours and tactile sleeves have given a reason for newer listeners to purchase physical albums.
Brooklyn-Based Vinyl Factory Keeps on Spinning in the Digital Music Age: In a world where digital music sales reign supreme, it may be hard to believe that vinyl pressing plants still exist. But some still value the sound of a good record. U.S. vinyl album sales rose to 9.2 million in 2014, according to Nielsen. That’s up from 6.1 million the year before. The spike, in part, has helped New York-based vinyl manufacturer Brooklynphono keep spinning. Co-owner Fern Vernon-Bernich says there are a little over a dozen vinyl pressing plants left in the U.S., and her factory is one of them.
Local record store owners thank vinyl resurgence for sales spike: William Gafford with Starship Records said he has seen a steady increase in vinyl purchases in the last year. “Now, we sell more vinyl than the late 80s, early 90s,” Gafford said. He said more teenagers and younger people are coming in to buy records.
